Hi I am using a 60 degree v bit in pine wood and it’s leaving a lot of chips and splinters in everything I engrave, is there a way make my x carve 1000mm with dewalt make better engraved pieces or a easy way to get them out, is leaving good outside lines. Thanks

The problem with pine for fine detail is that the grain is very large, very long, and very straight, as well as being very soft. It’s totally fine in structural timber, but for fine detail work it’s going to be very hard to cut that detail without chipping out long fibers, when you’re using a spinning tool. Basically, every characteristic of the wood is fighting your desire to do fine detail work.

However, you can do a few things:

Higher speed.

Very sharp bit.

Very shallow passes.

Doing this will allow your router bit to actually sever the fibers, instead of pulling them up (causing tear-out).

If you want to do fine engraving, you should look at harder woods; something at least like poplar, if not more robust (like oak, walnut, etc.).

When i bought my machine, I also purchased Vcarve and use it exclusively.
I have also downloaded Fusion and Inkscape but haven’t used them enough to talk intelligently about them.
Maybe someone else can offer some information.

I have Vcarve Desk top and love it.
I am by no means a CAD person, but it was very easy to learn.
Their support is also very helpful.
Go to their web site and you can download a full version for free and try it out.
In the trial version, the only thing that you wont be able to do is the machining.

Sorry to bother you again but when cutting pine it’s leaving pretty big burrs on top of everything I cut. I’m using a 1/4” flat bottom 2 flut bit. Is there a bit that would reduce the amount of burrs on top. I no I can sand it after I cut but I’m staining it first then cutting. Thanks